Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 3,946 acres in Apache County, Arizona, in 2009. It was discovered on May 12, 2009, and contained on May 14, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,946 acres
- Discovered
- May 12, 2009
- Contained
- May 14, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,284 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.225, -109.472.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,946 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,284 acres
- Discovered
- May 12, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 14, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Apache County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3424810944720090512
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2009_AZ-A2S-2009-0254
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Arizona in 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Horn Fire | 23,668 | Jun 11, 2009 | Human |
| Bear Canyon Fire | 20,029 | Jul 14, 2009 | Natural |
| Hog Fire | 16,802 | Mar 1, 2009 | Human |
| Wildhorse Complex | 13,790 | Jul 21, 2009 | Natural |
| San Juan Fire | 9,200 | Jul 14, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,864 | Apr 14, 2009 | |
| Cross Fire | 7,718 | Jul 1, 2009 | Natural |
| Chevlon Complex (Weimer) Fire | 6,399 | Jul 27, 2009 | Natural |
| Reno Fire | 6,322 | Sep 7, 2009 | Natural |
| Melendrez Pass Fire | 5,791 | May 29, 2009 | Natural |
| Guthrie Fire | 4,852 | Jul 11, 2009 | Natural |
| Aspen Fire | 4,276 | Jul 29, 2009 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.